31 December 1744 ordered.
23 May 1745 keel laid down as a third rate ship-of-the-line by Deptford Dry-dock for the Royal Navy.
09 September 1747 launched as the HMS CULLODEN.
Tonnage 1,472 ton (bm), dim. 161.0 x 46 x 19.4ft.
Armament: Lower deck 28 – 32 pdrs., upper deck, 28 – 18 pdrs., quarter deck 14 – 9 pdrs., forecastle 4 – 9 pdrs.
Crew 600 later 650.
September 1747 commissioned under command of Captain Francis Geary.
01 October 1747 completed. After completing she joined Warren’s fleet.
1748 Reduced to a guard-ship at Chatham with a crew of 140 men, moved in 1751 to Sheerness.
November 1752 paid off at Chatham, was refitted and commissioned again as guard-ship on January 1753 first at Chatham and from 1754 in Sheerness.
19 January 1755 sailed for the Nore for English Channel service in the fleet of Hawke’s.
5/6 April 1756 sailed for the Mediterranean with Admiral John Beng.
20 May 1756 at the Battle of Minorca.
1756 Under command of Captain Smith Callis.
05 April 1757 took part in Admiral Saunder’s chase after four French warships under command of Commodore Du Revest off Gibraltar, the French ships escaped without damage.
07 May 1759 in attempt to attack French frigates at Toulon.
18/19 August 1759 took part in the Battle of Lagos, Spain.
August 1759 under command of Captain Richard Bickerton as flagship of Rear Admiral Callis.
1760 Under command of Captain John Barker and sailed on 07 September 1760 for the Leeward Islands where she joined Hawke’ fleet.
07 January till 10 February 1762 took part in the Martinique operations.
April 1762 in Jamaica.
06 June to 13 August 1762 took part in the Havana operations.
March 1763 paid off.
1763 and 1770 was she surveyed but not repaired.
29 June 1770 sold for £900.
Paraguay 1981 Gs0.25 sg?, scott2000a, 1988 Gs0.25 sg?, scott?
Source: British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792 by Rif Winfield.